000 AXNT20 KNHC 022353 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 805 PM EDT SUN AUG 02 2015 TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL AMERICA...GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...RADAR...AND METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS. BASED ON 1800 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2345 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN BY 03/06Z ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA FROM 11N-13N BETWEEN 74W-77W UNTIL 1800 UTC MONDAY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE W ATLANTIC SURFACE RIDGE AND THE LOWER PRESSURE OVER SOUTH AMERICA. PLEASE SEE THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIAHSFAT2/FZNT02 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS. ...TROPICAL WAVES... A LOW-AMPLITUDE TROPICAL WAVE IS IN THE E TROPICAL ATLANTIC WITH AXIS EXTENDING FROM 16N31W TO 10N31W...MOVING W 15-20 KT OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THE GLOBAL MODEL SHOWS A 700 MB TROUGH ALONG THIS AREA AND THE TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY SHOWS A HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT PREVAILING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WAVE MAINLY S OF 13N SUPPORTING SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION BETWEEN 30W-36W. THE NOAA/NESDIS AEROSOL PRODUCT AND THE VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WAVE IS BETWEEN PLUMBS SAHARAN DUST THEREFORE NO ASSOCIATED DEEP CONVECTION IS OBSERVED OVER THIS AREA. A TROPICAL WAVE IN OVER THE E CARIBBEAN WITH AXIS EXTENDING FROM 20N66W TO 12N65W...MOVING W NEAR 20 KT OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THE TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY SHOWS THE WAVE IS EMBEDDED WITHIN A SURGE OF MODERATE MOISTURE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE ATLANTIC ACROSS THE LESSER ANTILLES AND E PUERTO RICO. THE NOAA/NESDIS AEROSOL PRODUCT AND THE VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE WAVE IS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF A SAHARAN DUST AIRMASS OVER THE E CARIBBEAN. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION IS RELATED TO THIS WAVE AT THIS TIME. A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH AXIS EXTENDING FROM 20N94W INTO THE EPAC NEAR 13N95W...MOVING W AT 20-25 KT OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TROPICAL WAVE HAS NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION DESPITE THAT TPW IMAGERY SHOWS A SURGE OF MODERATE MOISTURE PREVAILING ACROSS THIS AREA. ...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS ACROSS AFRICA INTO THE E TROPICAL ATLANTIC NEAR 14N18W TO 12N30W THEN RESUMES W OF A TROPICAL WAVE NEAR 12N32W TO 11N42W. THE ITCZ BEGINS FROM THIS POINT TO 11N62W. ASIDE FROM THE CONVECTION RELATED TO THE TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 31W...ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 10N-13N BETWEEN 15W-24W. ...DISCUSSION... GULF OF MEXICO... A BROAD UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO ANCHORED OVER NORTHERN TEXAS EXTENDING A RIDGE AXIS FROM NE TEXAS...THEN ACROSS THE NE GULF WATERS TO NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS. AT THE SURFACE...A 1009 MB SURFACE LOW IS CENTERED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE NEAR 30N84W. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE LOW TO 29N91W TO 26N97W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY OF THE LOW AND FRONT FROM 23N-29N AND E OF 89W WHILE ISOLATED CONVECTION IS OBSERVED ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT W OF 90W. FAIR WEATHER PREVAILS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF. SCATTEROMETER DATA DEPICTS A LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND FLOW ACROSS THE BASIN EXCEPT OVER THE E PORTION OF THE BAY OF CAMPECHE FROM 18N-24N BETWEEN 90W-94W WHERE LIGHT TO GENTLE WINDS PREVAIL. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NE AND GRADUALLY CARRYING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS. A SURFACE RIDGE WILL THEN BUILD W ACROSS THE BASIN. CARIBBEAN SEA... THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO COVERS THE FAR W CARIBBEAN. A BROAD UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH COVERS THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN WITH AN UPPER LOW CENTERED N OF CUBA AND A SECOND UPPER LOW SW OF PUERTO RICO NEAR 17N66W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION PREVAILS ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF THE BASIN MAINLY W OF 71W AFFECTING HAITI...CUBA AND THEIR ADJACENT CARIBBEAN WATERS. THE REMAINDER OF THE BASIN CONTINUES CONVECTION FREE AS A SURGE OF SAHARAN DUST IS ENTERING THE E CARIBBEAN BEHIND A TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY ALONG 66W. SCATTEROMETER DATA SHOWS GENTLE TO MODERATE TRADES PREVAILING ACROSS THE BASIN. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...EXPECT FOR GALE FORCE WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN. THE TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE MOVING W SUPPORTING ISOLATED CONVECTION. ...HISPANIOLA... ISOLATED CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS HAITI SUPPORTED BY AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW CENTERED N OF CUBA. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...A TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY OVER E PUERTO RICO WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ISLAND INCREASING THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS. ATLANTIC OCEAN... A BROAD UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH COVERS THE W ATLANTIC WITH AN UPPER LOW CENTERED BETWEEN CUBA AND THE BAHAMA ISLANDS NEAR 22N76W AND A SECOND UPPER LOW SW OF PUERTO RICO. THIS IS GENERATING ISOLATED CONVECTION MAINLY S OF 26N AND W OF 75W. TO THE E...A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 25N63W TO 21N66W WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION. THE REMAINDER OF THE BASIN IS DOMINATED BY A BROAD SURFACE RIDGE ANCHORED BY A 1023 SURFACE HIGH LOCATED NEAR 30N57W. FAIR WEATHER PREVAILS ACROSS THE BASIN AS A SAHARAN AIRMASS EXTENDS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...EXPECT FOR THE SURFACE RIDGE TO PERSIST WITH FAIR WEATHER. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ ERA